Faith

it’s what you got

when things look askew

or when someone needs prayer

you can’t buy faith

or borrow someone else’s belief

and no one gives it to you

Some folks say rest in faith

as if it is a soft pillow you own

It isn’t easy because it might

be tested and retested
Are you open to uncertainty

Some folks hold on even 

when it seems like no one’s there

to listen or even care

But other folks know that the

listening and caring comes

in that talk you had or the person

who just arrived at the right time

And then you got to ask—faith

in what or faith in whom—

Someone once told me that you step

out in faith and see if it holds

April Poem a Day

Prompt: title with a word that’s often used